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Upside Down Tomato

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Gardener’s Supply new catalog, the tomato issue, has a great looking new product for growing tomatoes upside down.

It’s a large coated steel cage hanging from a swivel hook and hung from a big steel plant hanger. The plant hanger itself has a center pole and four legs to help keep it upright.

Personally I can’t imagine this standing upright, especially once it gets heavy with dirt and water. Course I don’t have a nice pretty paved patio to put it on. For me, it’d be out back in a sunny spot in Oklahoma sandy loam. VERY sandy loam. I would imagine it’d just take one big gust of that Oklahoma ‘wind come sweeping’ down the plain’ to make this thing lean a bit to one side. Then the sand would take over, and it’d topple right on over. Course I don’t know that since I don’t own one! Hey Gardener’s Supply? Want to test the product out in Oklahoma sand? I’ll be glad to test it out for you!

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Good Housekeeping Seal Goes Green

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

We all grew up knowing and trusting the Good Housekeeping seal, after all, it’s been around for a hundred years. Its purpose is to protect the consumer from false claims and shoddy products.

Well, there’s a new side to the Good Housekeeping seal. It’s going green!

April will commence the debut of the new green Good Housekeeping seal.

Green products will earn the green Good Housekeeping seal by the scrupulous Good Housekeeping Research Institute, by being put to various tests to determine energy efficiency, reduced packaging, and water quality.

Just like the original seal, products that will be able to tout the new green Good Housekeeping seal will be covered under the Good Housekeeping promise of replacement or refund to the end purchaser.

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Biodegradable Shopping Bags

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

I’m starting to see lots more people bringing in their own grocery tote bags lately. Did you know there’s a new one out that’s biodegradable?

The new 60 bags are biodegradable and made from a flax non-woven fabric that starts to decompose in just 60 days.

I’m wondering how does the bag know you’re finished using it? Or do they just

disintegrate after 60 days, like a spy message? Lol

Dun dun dun dun! Dun dun dun dun! Dun dun dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuuun.
60bag

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